issue 21 / volume 40

 

A bacon wrapped banana has your hangover recovery covered // By www.realfoodpledge.com

Greasy spoon breakfast

» A cure for the common hangover

Sophie Isbister
Life & Style Editor
Mlifeandstyle
@theotherpress.ca

 

f you're a student in college,

chances are you've been
around long enough to both
have a hangover, and know that
you hate hangovers!

There are tons of ways to
prevent hangovers. Usually if
you drink a lot of water while
you party, your headache and
gut-rot won't be so bad the
next day. Avoid salty bar snacks
like nachos and peanuts: while
they are super tasty, they will
dehydrate you further (and
possibly make you consume
more alcohol)—think about
that next time you consider a 3
a.m. McDonald’s run!

But ultimately, while there
are ways to prevent a hangover,
it’s usually inevitable that you
wake up on Sunday morning
feeling like you’ve been scraped
off the pavement and dumped
into your bed. It’s not a good
feeling, but here’s the good
news: there is a cure!

No, it’s not a tomato
juice, or a raw egg smoothie,
or even just more sleep. It’s
these three magic words:
bacon, eggs, and bread. There

: is truly some science behind

: everyone's favourite greasy

: spoon breakfast, so next time
: you wake up with your mouth
: feeling like cotton and your

: head throbbing, try to make

: yourself decent enough to :
: head to your local Denny’s fora:
: bacon-anything. :

But why is this the case?

: Let’s start with bacon. Bacon
: contains the protein and amino :
: acids that your body needs

: in order to do fun things like :
: think. Eggs together with bacon :
: make the best buddy-cop-team_ :
: imaginable when it comes to

: booking your hangover for

: heinous crimes—eggs contain

: cysteine, which reduces those

: pesky toxins that make you

: feel like crap. Combine that

: with carb-loaded bread and

: potatoes, serve it up with a giant :
: glass of hydrating water, and

: you have yourself a hangover-
: free afternoon that you can

: spend doing all that reading.

The bacon sandwich has

: been scientifically proven to

: cure tough hangovers, but is

: there a lighter option for those
: of us who don’t relish the

: thought of adding more calories :

: onto a night where we may have : rehash the previous night's

: drank a week's worth of calories : shenanigans. So why not invite

: in gin drinks?

Eggs together
with bacon
make the best
buddy cop team
imaginable
when it comes
to booking your
hangover for
heinous crimes

The answer is yes! For the

: vegetarians among us, load
your plate up with a fruit salad

: containing lots of bananas and
: kiwis, and serve it with a can

of delicious coconut water (or

: even just regular water). The

: potassium in the coconut water
: and the fruit will make you feel
better—the effects of alcohol

: will have stripped your body of a
: lot of nutrients, so replacement
: is the name of the game.

However you fix your

hangover, know that there is

: acure—and sometimes an

: even better cure can be getting
: together with your friends to

: some bacon along?

 

life & style // 11

Internet
1s asking
right now

 

or the uninitiated, Yahoo Answers is
the often-unintended comedy goldmine

masquerading as a crowd-sourced advice
website. The site offers a lot of decent,
legitimate answers to reasonable questions;

if you ask for advice on how long to cook a
chicken or the best way to fold a fitted sheet,
you can be sure that your Google results will
contain a few Yahoo Answers hits. But the site
also contains some epically absurd, banal, or
downright hilarious questions. Here are some

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

highlights.

1. I'm 14 and | have chest hair. Normal?

2. Is it better to have no friends or keep your
“toxic” friends?

3. What's he saying? What does it mean?

4. Ladies: would you date Rowen Atkinson
not “Mr. Bean”?

5. Will getting diagnosed with ADHD ruin my
nerdcred?

6. If you were defeated in a battle to the
death would you ask for mercy?

7. \|s it worth it to go to nail school or does
everyone do their own now?

8. What hair colour best suits a large nose?

9. Is Los Angeles safe in the day?

 

10. How do | clean semen off a toothbrush?